Thank you!

[rented tracksuit]

comps are hard to win ...

Agreed.

[Flipper Hands]

a quarter of a century ago it felt like we might never win a comp again. given our roster and injuries i reckon 2 premierships would have been a fair return - beating melbourne in 2018 with cronk as a passenger was theft

This.

[QWERTY]

We'll be in the top 4 next year, no more false starts. Keary and Walker are now in their rightful positions. Surely the injury toll lessens?

[rooster till i die]

i want to win it every year. if we won five in a row i'd like to make it 6 but 3 in the last decade is a good return.

always grateful to the club and in particular to the players and coach of this team

Good return as you say in last decade as it has been 4 in last 46 years.

[bondi.boy]

comps are hard to win ...

Phil Gould once said at one of our presentation nights:
"It's very difficult to win an NRL premiership" (or words to that effect).
It sure is.
Roosters efforts to win in 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019 were superb.

[bondi.boy]

We'll be in the top 4 next year, no more false starts. Keary and Walker are now in their rightful positions. Surely the injury toll lessens?

Yes, injuries kill premiership chances.
...as do concussion causing head high tackles on one's best players.

[Random Rooster]

The coach I fail to put on a pedestal as it can lead to expectation and disappointment. His dribble thru out the season was punishing at times and no better example of it at the end of season function speech aimed at our sponsors.He may have convinced them but not me.

Who do we replace him with?

[rented tracksuit]

Who do we replace him with?

I’m looking to replace Robbo but if we had to, surely Cronk could be a shot one day? Or we could lure back Fitzy?

[Renman]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and with it we could have done better this year. Here's the way I see it..

1.I feel that loosing Fitzy was underestimated and we felt we could get by as we did when O'Brien left. In reality look at what has happened to Newcastle and Cronulla. Our defence definetily dropped especially at the front end of the season and that put us behind the 8 ball early on.

2.Some freakin' brilliant player acquisition Watson, Lodge, Suaalii and May. Lodge and Watson especially surprised me.

3.Some of our player acquisition was questionable Momo, Naiqama really left us short of a quality player towards the end. I think (unless there is something not obvious eg long term injury) we have let SST go a year early. Whyte, Atoni and Tapuha may little impact or impression.

4. The 6 and 7 experiment was a real downer and impacted our middle season and hence low position on the ladder. I never got this as Walker is a 7 and should have been there from day 1.

5. Injury, bad calls and refs. Look every team gets a f ton of these through the year. We seem to get 2.5 f tons.

6. Standout year for some players JWH, Lodge, Verrills, Angus, Nat, Walker, Tupou, Suaalii, Manu, Hutch, Teddy and Watson

Tradesman efforts by Egan, Tyrell, Lindsay, Baker, Sitilli, Keary and Billy Smith.

Book an appointment in the room of reflection, Radley, Momo, Whyte, Atoni, Tapuha

7. The cost of catch up. Being out of the 8 really put the pressure on for the last 9 games. The team made a great effort and Robbo had them playing in a fast and powerful manner, what, I assume is, The Roosters way. Intimately it was not sustainable and the team was tired and busted by seasons end. Need to be smarter and more consistent. The gap between our best and worst was huge.

More D for next year and the A will follow.

[OMR]

Love the club but some of you are so easily pleased .No prizes for second

What were you doing and watching between 1981-2000?

[Rooster1908]

What were you doing and watching between 1981-2000?

As said love the Roosters so supporting them obviously but if you weren't disappointed during that era then your better than me

[roosterproud]

Bring on 2023.
2013 10 year anniversary

[zac]

Bring on 2023.
2013 10 year anniversary

jwh and toops will be forming a guard of honour for themselves when they run onto the field in the home game v manly

[OMR]

As said love the Roosters so supporting them obviously but if you weren't disappointed during that era then your better than me

Some of the worst moments of watching footy was during that period. I have somehow managed to wipe most of it from my memory, but the sight of Vautin wearing the RWB still haunts me till now